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Who you're trying to reach matters.

Foster411 is a small community project — we are not DFCS, and we are not a crisis line. If you need the state, a caseworker, or urgent help, the numbers below get you there faster than we ever could. If you need us, that's further down.

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The easiest way to stay connected — and you can tell us what you’re interested in so we only send what’s useful.

First: are we the right door?

Most people who land on a contact page need one of these. If a child is in immediate danger, call 911 — nothing on this page replaces that.

Report child abuse or neglect Georgia's centralized intake, staffed 24/7 — includes the after-hours line for placement emergencies. Foster411 cannot take reports.
24/7 · DFCS intake1-855-GACHILD Verified Jul 2, 2026
Mental health or substance use crisis GCAL is Georgia's 24/7 crisis line and can dispatch a mobile crisis team. 988 reaches GCAL from Georgia area-code phones; out-of-state cell numbers should dial GCAL directly.
24/7 · GCAL, or dial 9881-800-715-4225 Verified Jul 2, 2026
Ask about becoming a foster or adoptive parent The state's inquiry line. Call center hours: Monday–Thursday 8am–6pm, Friday 8am–5pm, closed weekends.
DFCS inquiry line1-877-210-KIDS Verified Jul 2, 2026
Get an advocate as a foster parent AFPAG's advocacy hotline — the number DFCS's own grievance policy points to. Call before you answer questions in an investigation.
AFPAG advocacy1-877-804-6610 Verified Jul 2, 2026

Numbers verified against official sources (dfcs.georgia.gov, dbhdd.georgia.gov, dhs.georgia.gov) on the date shown. Questions about a case always go to your case manager or agency — we have no access to case information, ever.

Reaching the Foster411 team.

We're a small group of volunteers who translate Georgia's foster care policy into plain English. We'd love to hear from you about:

Corrections

A rate changed, a phone number stopped routing, a policy was rewritten. Corrections are our favorite mail — every listing shows when a human last verified it, and you're that human.

Report a broken or changed listing →

Resource suggestions

A Georgia org that should be in the directory. Tell us who they serve, what it costs, and a phone that gets answered — we vet everything against official sources before it goes live.

Submit a resource →

Press & everything else

Questions about the project, how we verify facts, or reusing our plain-language summaries. Our method is public — start there.

About & how we vet resources →

Direct contact channel: coming soon.

Foster411 doesn't have a published email address or contact form yet — this site is static, and we won't post an inbox until someone is committed to checking it. Until then, the submit a resource and report a listing pages explain exactly what to gather so your note is ready the day the channel opens.

Need a person, not a project?

The Georgia Center for Resources & Support offers free courses, regional advisors, and real humans on the phone for foster, adoptive, and kinship families — state-funded, no membership needed. Verified Jul 2, 2026

GACRS · free1-866-A-PARENT